Cane-harvester.



PATENTED APR."25,"1905.

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'Be it -knownthat i, GEORGE D. Loon, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New Orleans, inl the'parishjef Uri-leans and State ofLouisiana, haveinvented anew and 1 Improved Cane-Harvester, o1" ,whichthe following is affull, clear, and exact description.v

This invention'relatesjto improvements in sugar cane liarvesterssubstantially of the character of the; harvester's shown in the patentsgranted to nie J une 9, 1903, No. 730,671, and June ,7, 1.904, No.762,073, thev particular object of the'invention residing 4in a novels'`form Voi feeding and carrying mechanism.

' ln'y invention'and sis ,I will describe a cane-.harvester embodyingthen point out the novel featuresi'i the appcnded'claims.

i f Reference isltobehad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication,

in which similar characters of reference indi'- cate corresponding partsin ali'the figures. v Figure ll is a pian of -a cane-harvester ern-`bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 isa cross-section- Theharvester comprises a frame 1, mounted f on ah axlef2, to which' the traction-wheels 3 'are rigidly connected. 'At the rearend the frame is' supported by'wheels 4. Arranged forward oi thefaiie 2lare the cutting-dialisi) f6, which Yrotatefin a horizontal plane and areslightly overlafrned, The disk 5 is carried diy-'La vertical shaft 7, onwhich is a bevel-pim; `ion'3,'.meshing with a bevel-.pinion `9 on` a`oountter''s'lgieft I, haring a bevelpinion 1l engaging-with apinion 12on a shaft i3, which is driven fr lthe aXle 2 through the medium agear-wliieeili on 'the aide engaging with apinion 15 Qd'the shaft. Thedisk 6 is also driven from" theaxle in a similar manner tothe disk 5'.It is to he understood, however,l that instead of the chain ofgear-wheels' l .illustrated sprocket-chains or other driving beingprovided' with' teeth designed `telengage' mechanismmay'jbe employed,

'Arranged above" the disks and forward. of the samefare'pick-up wheels'16, said wheels ,fwith cane that may be flattened but or lying down,sojas to 'raise'the same and pass it be-` .tween the carriers, to behereinafter described. y

'and each chain hasiingers 25.

The pick-up wheels 16 are mounted on hori- 'nontal shafts 17 on whichare sprocket-wheels 18, engaged by sprocket chains 19, lsaidsprocket-chains also engaging with sprocketwheels 20 on the shaft 13. j

Extended forward from the frame and downward at inward curves aredividers 21, which have rearward and upward extensions 22, lformingguards over the wheels 3. These 'several features are similar tothe'devices shown in my Patent No. 762,073, above referred to. As beforestated, the essential feature of the present invention.' consists of themeans for carrying the cane to the cutters and then moving it rearwardand discharging in windrows at the hack of the machine, this mech,

anism comprising at one side a pair of endless chains 23 24, arrangedone above the other, The chain 23 passes around a sprocket-wheel 26 atthe forward end and mounted on a shaft 27, and at iis re'ar end the saidchain engages with a sprocket-wheel 27, mounted on a bar 28, supportedabove the main frame 1. rlhe lower chain 24 engages with asprocket-'wheel 29 on the said shaft 27 kand also engages .with asprocket-wheel 30 at the rear end of the bar 28. Supported by the'bar 23and engaging with the inner stretches of the carrier-chains areidler-sprockets 31, and below the several idler-sprockets are disks 32,which will prevent the chains from sagging downward. The two chains areoperated by means of a bevelpinion 33, mounted on the shaft 17 andengaging with a pinion 34 on' a shaft 35, which has a pinion 36 engagingwith a pinion 37 on the'shaft 27,' Opposite the pair of chains andhaving its inner stretch movable between saidpair of' chains is a singleendless chain 38, provided with fingers 39. This chain 38 engages with asprocket-'wheel 40, having its shaft .bearings in a bar 4l, extended'above the main itme land parallel with thebar 28.. yAt its rear 'endthe chain 38'engageswith a sprocket- Y wheel 42, having itsshaft-bearings in an armyA t ,It .will be seen that the chains 23 and24. are connected together by vertical rods 28, which will prevent sag#ging ofthe long stretches of( the chains and' supported by said bar 41.

. chains already described.

also prevent 'them from leaving the sprocketidlers.

Arranged between the end sprocketlwheels.

are idler-sprockets 43. Each one of thesev intermediate sprockets 43 ismounted on an arm 44, extended through a boxing 45, supported on the bar41, and arranged around the arms within the boxing are springs 46, whichserve to press the chain 38 against the cane carried between said chainand the pair of chains. By these spring-yielding idlers it is obviousthat single caneshoots may be carried or bunches of cane may be carriedand discharged at the rearend of the machine. This single chain 38 isdriven in a similar manner to thepair of It wilL be noted that theforward ends of the bars 28 and 41 are divergent, so that the cane maybe guided between the carrier-chains. y

Y ln the operation as the machine moves for` ward the cane will passbetween divergent portions of the chain and be carried to the cutters,and then the cut cane will be moved rearward while in upright positionand discharged `in windrows, and the cane will be carried over the rearend of the frame or lifted above the same as the carrier-chains areinclined upward toward the rear, as indicated in Figf.'

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. -In anatre-harvester, afeeding and carry# ingmechanism comprising a pair of endless chains arranged one above theother, connecting-bars at intervals along said chains, an endless chainfor engaging the cane att-he opposite side othat engaged by the pair ofchains and between the same, and means for operating the chains. v v

2. In a cane`-harvester, a feeding and carrying mechanism comprising apair of chains arranged one above the other, sprocket-wheels with whichsaid chains engage, idler-sprockv ets for engaging with the innerstretches of the chains, an opposing chain having its inner stretcharranged to move between-the pairof chains, sprocket-wheels with whichsaid single chain engages, and yielding idlers with which the innerstretch of said single chain engages.

3. In a cane-harvester, a wheel-mounted frame, bars extended above theframe and lengthwise thereof, pairs of sprocket-wheels r of said barsbeing divergent, cutting'devices carried by the frame, pick-up devicescarried by the frame, a pair of endless chains supported by one of th'ebars, one above the other, a chain supported by the other of said barsand arranged -to pass between the pair of chains, spring-pressed idlersfor the lastnamed chain, and means for imparting motion to the chain.

5. In a cane-harvester, a wheel-supported "main frame, bars extendedlongitudinally of the same and having divergent ends, 'a pair ofcarrier-chains movable on one of the bars,

one chain being arranged above the other, an

endless chain carried by the other of said bars and having its innerstretch movable between the inner stretches of the Erst-named chains,

spring-pressed idlers for engaging with the last-namedv chain,V fingersmounted on the chains, and means actuated from the axle of the machinefor moving said chains.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses. l

GEORGE DQ LUCE.

Witnesses:

ANDREW HERO, J r.,

J No. J. WARD.

